By Habeeb Akinfegbe
The stage is now set for the last four of the once in a life competition, the Copa America centenario. The hosts were the first to make it through after defeating Ecuador then 120 minutes couldn't separate Peru and Colombia but the latter finally went through after winning the ensuing penalty shootout 2-4 after Trauco and Cueva failed to score Peru's third and fourth kicks. The Semi finals start on the 21st of June as the United States face Argentina and Colombia face Chile the following day.
Messi
equalled Gabriel Batistuta's 54-goal record for Argentina,
joining the Fiorentina great as their country's equal top goalscorers
when he turned home the third goal (his fourth of the competition) as
Argentina went on to rout Venezuela 4-1. His goal followed a first-half
brace from Higuain, who looked in
inspired form, scoring his 27th and 28th goals for his nation, with
Tottenham's Erik Lamela also getting in on the goalscoring with his
first touch of the ball after coming on just four minutes earlier. Messi
- who finished with a goal and two assists - was making his
first start of the tournament, lining up in a frightening front three
alongside Higuain and Nicolas Gaitan, with Angel Di Maria sitting out
through injury.
In the last quarterfinals, a team that brought the longest unbeaten streak in the world, 22 consecutive matches, into the Copa America Centenario quarterfinals got knocked out in a humiliating fashion 0-7 to Chile who seem not to remember their opening day defeat to Argentina as they emphatically took Mexico apart.
Eduardo Vargas, who was one of the best players in the tournament that Chile won on home soil in 2015, was again unstoppable. He had four goals and was joined on the score sheet by Edson Puch and Arturo Vidal. Jean Beausejour didn't look to have been at all affected by the knock he took in the final group game, pushing forward and keeping defender Paul Aguilar pinned back.
Vidal's superb showing both getting forward to assist his teammates
as well as muscling through the midfield was the only thing that made
manager Juan Carlos Osorio look smart on the evening. Prior to the
match, the Mexico boss had said Vidal is the player from Chile he'd add
to the team.
It's a failure by Mexico's own standard but a humiliation by any measure. The goal was to make the top three at this tournament, a competition Uruguay's FA chief accused of being set up for Mexico to win. Instead, El Tri are out at the quarterfinal stage after suffering a defeat heavier than the one Brazil put on lowly Haiti earlier in the competition.
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The stage is now set for the last four of the once in a life competition, the Copa America centenario. The hosts were the first to make it through after defeating Ecuador then 120 minutes couldn't separate Peru and Colombia but the latter finally went through after winning the ensuing penalty shootout 2-4 after Trauco and Cueva failed to score Peru's third and fourth kicks. The Semi finals start on the 21st of June as the United States face Argentina and Colombia face Chile the following day.
Messi
equalled Gabriel Batistuta's 54-goal record for Argentina,
joining the Fiorentina great as their country's equal top goalscorers
when he turned home the third goal (his fourth of the competition) as
Argentina went on to rout Venezuela 4-1. His goal followed a first-half
brace from Higuain, who looked in
inspired form, scoring his 27th and 28th goals for his nation, with
Tottenham's Erik Lamela also getting in on the goalscoring with his
first touch of the ball after coming on just four minutes earlier. Messi
- who finished with a goal and two assists - was making his
first start of the tournament, lining up in a frightening front three
alongside Higuain and Nicolas Gaitan, with Angel Di Maria sitting out
through injury.In the last quarterfinals, a team that brought the longest unbeaten streak in the world, 22 consecutive matches, into the Copa America Centenario quarterfinals got knocked out in a humiliating fashion 0-7 to Chile who seem not to remember their opening day defeat to Argentina as they emphatically took Mexico apart.
Eduardo Vargas, who was one of the best players in the tournament that Chile won on home soil in 2015, was again unstoppable. He had four goals and was joined on the score sheet by Edson Puch and Arturo Vidal. Jean Beausejour didn't look to have been at all affected by the knock he took in the final group game, pushing forward and keeping defender Paul Aguilar pinned back.
Vidal's superb showing both getting forward to assist his teammates
as well as muscling through the midfield was the only thing that made
manager Juan Carlos Osorio look smart on the evening. Prior to the
match, the Mexico boss had said Vidal is the player from Chile he'd add
to the team.It's a failure by Mexico's own standard but a humiliation by any measure. The goal was to make the top three at this tournament, a competition Uruguay's FA chief accused of being set up for Mexico to win. Instead, El Tri are out at the quarterfinal stage after suffering a defeat heavier than the one Brazil put on lowly Haiti earlier in the competition.
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Email: bizarrecommunications@gmail.com
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